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Senior Associate, Competition, Antitrust Timon has made a name for himself in a number of high-stakes competition, merger control, and FDI cases for an impressive list of global clients as well as key Austrian clients. Known for his solution-driven mindset and cross-border experience, he’s particularly valued by major players for navigating complex regulatory landscapes with confidence and clarity. Timon isn’t just part of the next generation of legal talent – he’s actively shaping it with his sharp cross-border expertise, analytic approach, and growing impact in high-stakes competition and FDI matters.

Senior Associate, Corporate, Compliance & Investigations

Senior Associate, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate, Distripution Law, Compliance & Investigations, Private Equity & Venture Capital Andrea advises domestic and internationals banks on all aspects of banking law, in particular on regulatory matters, including compliance, secrecy and liability issues, financing, contract law and corporate housekeeping, outsourcing and on payment services. Her main areas of practice include banking & finance, capital markets, banking supervision law and contract law, derivate financial instruments, investment funds (UCITS), Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). She also focuses on securitization transactions and factoring, AML-compliance, finance leasing, cash pooling, derivatives, investment funds, banking and insurance supervision law. She is constantly involved in assisting clients in the banking field on multiple legal questions of wholesale banking, corporate financing transactions and project financing as well as data protection law and regulatory matters related to cross border outsourcing projects. Andrea is an author of numerous articles on banking and civil law and frequently serves as a lecturer at seminars on these topics, including the University of Liechtenstein as well as the University Krems.

Mirela Nathanzon

Managing Partner / Head of M&A, spesialised in Mergers & Acquisitions, Competition, Employment Law and Banking & Finance. Mirela Nathanzon is an experienced attorney with more than twenty years as a practicing member of the Bucharest Bar. She has extensive experience in the consulting offered in M&A transactions, providing innovative solutions tailored to each client’s needs and challenges, while adopting a collaborative approach in the process. She has extensive experience handling M&A transactions for businesses in various industry sectors such as consumer goods and services, pharma and healthcare, gaming industry, banking sector, tourism and technology and telecommunications.

Philipp Schaubach

Senior Associate, Antitrust & Competition, Foreign direct investment (FDI), Supply chain compliance, Compliance & Investigations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Distribution Law Philipp joined CERHA HEMPEL in 2019 and has been making waves ever since. As of March 2023, he’s a Senior Associate – backed by top-tier experience at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) in Brussels, where he honed his skills at the heart of EU competition enforcement. From cartel battles to complex multi-jurisdictional mergers, Philipp is deep in the action. He’s been a driving force behind headline cases behind headline cases, prepresenting clients in cartel proceedings, wile also advising major players on high stakes merger control filings. In addition, Philipp plays a central role in CERHA HEMPEL’s cartel litigation and private enforcement practice.

Partner, FinTech & Crypto-Assets Law, Banking & Finance, Corporate, Capital Markets Oliver is a recognised expert in crypto-assets law and advises in particular on issues related to FinTechs. His clients include numerous well-known domestsic and foreign companies and banks. Oliver is co-publisher and author of Austria's best-selling legal handbook 'Blockchain rules' which was published in second edition in 2024. He is also a co-publisher and author of the go-to commentary on the EU Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation. Since 2018, Oliver is a lecturer on crypto asset law at the University of Vienna.

Katharina Wilding

Counsel, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate, Healthcare Katharina 's main areas of practice include capital markets, banking & finance, corporate law and health care law. Furthermore, she is constantly involved in assisting clients with advice on anti-money-laundering regulations and she advises large corporate clients as well as numerous outpatient clinics and heath care start-ups.